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Audubon  Society. 


THE  objects  of  the  Illinois  Au¬ 
dubon  Society  are  the  pro¬ 
tection  of  wild  birds  and  the 
creating  of  an  interest  in  the  study 
of  bird  life.  It  is  known  that  such  an 
interest  once  aroused  is  lasting  and 
that  there  are  no  better  friends  of 
the  birds  than  those  who  have  studied 
their  habits  and  learned  their  ways. 
This  bird  protection  movement  is  far 
from  being  purely  sentimental  in  its 
nature.  A  serious  economical  question 
is  involved.  The  birds  are  the  means 
of  holding  in  check  the  ravages  of  in¬ 
jurious  insects  which  prey  on  the 
crops  of  the  agriculturalists.  This  fact 
has  been  forced  home  to  the  farmer 


and  the  fruit  raiser  since  the  notice¬ 
able  decrease  in  recent  years  in  the 
number  of  insect  eating  birds. 

The  custom  of  trimming  hats  with 
wings  and  feathers,  which  prevails  so 
widely,  is  responsible  in  a  great 
measure  for  the  thinning  of  the  bird 
ranks.  The  Audubon  Society  be¬ 
lieves  that  the  wearing  of  bird  plum¬ 
age  as  an  ornament  of  dress  by  the 
women  of  the  country  has  been  due 
largely  to  thoughtlessness  and  ignor¬ 
ance  of  the  true  value  which  the 
living  bird  is  to  the  community.  It  is 
thought  also  that  ignorance  prevails 
as  to  the  cruelty  which  in  some  in¬ 
stances  is  practiced  by  the  hunters 
who  shoot  plumage  birds  for  the  mar¬ 
ket.  The  securing  of  the  aigrette 
plume  of  commerce  is  marked  by  par¬ 
ticular  cruelty  because  the  adult  her¬ 
ons  from  which  the  aigrette  is  taken 
are  killed  at  the  nesting  season,  the 
young  birds,  unable  to  care  for  them¬ 
selves,  being  left  to  starve  in  the 


and  city  in  the  State.  It  is  asked 
that  persons  interested  in  the  cause 
will  undertake  the  forming  of  affili¬ 
ated  societies  in  the  vicinity  of  their 
homes. 

The  cost  of  membership  in  the  so¬ 
ciety  is  as  follows: 

Membership  fee . * 


Associate  membership  fee ....  1.00  l  annual 


Sustaining  members . 

Active  members,  annually 


I  1.00 


Associate,  active  and  sustaining 
members  receive  all  the  publications 
of  the  Illinois  Society. 

Any  other  information  touching  the 
society  and  its  work  will  be  given 
gladly  to  any  one  who  will  write  to 
the  secretary  of  the  Illinois  Audubon 
Society,  Miss  Mary  Drummond, 
Wheaton,  Ill. 


stringent  law  for  the  protection  of 
birds.  The  statute  provides  a  fine 
and  imprisonment  as  the  penalties  for 
robbing  the  nest  of  any  wild  bird. 
The  same  punishment  is  provided  for 
the  killing  or  having  in  possession, 
alive  or  dead,  any  birds  save  those 
known  as  game  birds,  which  may  be 
killed  in  the  proper  season.  No  per¬ 
son  under  fifteen  years  of  age  is 
allowed  to  make  collections  of  birds 
or  their  eggs  and  no  adult  may  collect 
save  for  scientific  purposes  and  then 
only  after  the  filing  in  court  of  a  bond 
of  $200  with  two  sureties  therefor, 
and  the  depositing  of  a  certificate 
signed  by  two  well  known  scientists 
to  the  effect  that  he  is  a  proper  per¬ 
son  to  be  given  the  privilege. 

The  Illinois  Audubon  Society 
earnestly  urges  that  all  people  to 
whom  bird  protection  appeals  will 
assist  in  the  work  in  any  way  which 
may  suggest  itself.  It  is  desired  to 
form  branch  societies  in  every  town 


nests.  One  aim  of  this  Society  there¬ 
for  is  to  discourage  the  traffic  in 
plumage  and  at  the  same  time  to  in¬ 
duce  people  to  protect  in  every  way 
possible  the  wild  birds  which  lend  to 
our  lives  so  much  beauty  of  color  and 
song. 

The  Illinois  Audubon  Society 
also  desires  to  reach  the  children  and 
it  hopes  that  the  school  teachers  in  all 
parts  of  the  state  will  co-operate  with 
the  members  in  the  work  which  they 
are  trying  to  do.  It  is  suggested 
that  as  a  practical  way  of  securing 
good  results  Audubon  Societies  be 
formed  among  the  pupils.  The  prac¬ 
tice  of  nest  robbing  common  among 
boys  is  one  of  the  most  fruitful  causes 
of  the  destruction  of  bird  life.  It  is 
believed  that  this  habit  can  be  checked 
if  a  humane  interest  in  the  birds  be 
aroused. 

It  may  be  stated  here  as  a  matter 
of  information  that  the  legislature  of 
the  State  of  Illinois  in  1899  passed  a 


Illinois  Audubon  Society. 


president: 

Mr.  Ruthven  Deane, 

30  Michigan  Avenue, 
Chicago. 


VICE-PRESIDENTS : 


Mrs.  Sam’l  Allerton 
Mrs.  Joseph  Beifeld 
Mrs.  Emmons  Blaine 
Mrs.  William  Borden 
Mrs.  D.  R.  Brower 
Mrs.  J.  J.  Glessner 
Mrs.  Bryan  Lathrop 
Mrs.  A.  C.  McClurg 
Mrs.  C.  H.  McCormick 
Mrs.  Walter  L.  Peck 
Mrs.  R.W.  Patterson 
Mrs i  J,  Yr-S-e-AMMON 

Mr.  J.  G. 


Mrs.  H.  M.  Scott  I 
Mrs.  Byron  L.  Smith! 
Dr.  Sarah  H.  Steven 
Miss  Ada  C.  Sweet  j 
Mr.  Geo.  E.  Adams  j 
Prof.  FrankC.  BakefI 
Prof.  D.  G.  Elliot 
Prof.  S.  A.  Forbes  j 
Mr.  F.  H.  Head 
Dr.  Emtl  G  Hirsch  -I 
Mr.  C.  L.  Hutchinso^ 
Mr.  M.  A.  Ryerson 
Shortall 


secretary  and  treasurer: 

Miss  Mary  Drummond, 

Wheaton ,  Illinois. 

directors: 

Mrs.  S.  A.  Hubbard 

Mrs.  E.  S.  Adams  Mrs-.-H.  W.  King 

Mrs.  J.  R.  Case  Miss-Et-S-,  Rumsey  | 

Mrs.  J.V.Farwell,  Jr  Miss  Kathleen  Scud 
Mr.  Orville  T.  Bright 
Mr.  Edward  B.  Clark 
Mr.  F.  E.  Sanford 

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